Rudolph Etzenhouser cites VOTH in defense of the BOM.
- Type
- Book
- Source
- Rudolph Etzenhouser Non-LDS
- Hearsay
- Direct
- Reference
Rudolph Etzenhouser, From Palmyra, New York, 1830, to Independence, Missouri, 1894 (Independence, MO: Ensign Publishing House, 1894), 93–94
- Scribe/Publisher
- Ensign Publishing House
- Audience
- Reading Public
PDF- Transcription
The Book of Mormon plates were found in a STONE BOX in the earth. The SAME is true of HEBREW TABLETS mentioned in chapter seven of this work.
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"'Dr. West of Stockbridge, relates that an old Indian informed him that his fathers in this country had, not long since, been in the possession of a book, which they had for a long time carried with them, but having lost the knowledge of reading it, they buried it with an Indian chief.' View of the Hebrews, p. 223".-Priest's Antiquities, p. 69.
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"Dr. West of Stockbridge, (Massachusetts), relates that an old Indian informed him that his fathers in this country had been in possession of a book, which, for a long time, they carried with them, but, having lost the knowledge of reading it, they buried it with a chief." - Priest's American Antiquities, edition 1833, p. 69, or View of the Hebrews by Dr. West, p. 223.
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